Nintendo DS Web Browser

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Nintendo DS Web Browser
Turn your Nintendo DS into a fully-functioning web browser with the Nintendo DS Browser. Surf websites, check and send emails, bank and shop online - all wirelessly! The DS Browser features a built-in history function allowing you to bookmark your favourite sites and its fast start-up time makes it quick and easy to connect to the internet, at home or away. With the DS Browser you can connect wherever there is a wireless internet connection: at home, at a public Wi-Fi hotspot or at one of Nintendo's free Wi-Fi Connection hotspots located around the country. Thanks to the Nintendo DS touch screen you can surf the web the same as if using a keyboard and mouse. The stylus is used to activate hyperlinks and click around pages. Also, an onscreen digital keyboard and built-in handwriting recognition makes it easy to type in URLs and fill in complicated information. Websites can be viewed with two modes: Overview Mode shows the complete site on one screen and you can highlight areas to enlarge on the other screen, while Small Screen Rendering Mode adjusts websites to fit inside the two Nintendo DS screens - eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling. The Nintendo DS Browser software comes on a standard DS cartridge. To allow image or multimedia-heavy web sites to load quickly, it comes bundled with a Memory Expansion Pak which boosts the system's power. This pack fits snugly inside the DS's Game Boy Advance slot. The Nintendo DS Browser (Lite) is only compatible with the Nintendo DS Lite. To allow parents to have more control over their children's internet access, a password can be enabled to activate the browser. •Surf the web wirelessly with your Nintendo DS Lite •Based on the popular Opera browser software •Fast start-up time •Built in website history and bookmarks •Use the stylus to navigate pages and enter text with the touch screen •Two viewing modes to make the most of the dual screens •Parental password control

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its only for ds lite
It's apparently very slow in accessing and rendering pages, and due to the limitations of the DS, has no Flash support.
How is it out now? Is it just the US that doesn't have it?

mostpsp said: How is it out now? Is it just the US that doesn't have it?


You can only buy it from Nintendo (though I think EB has some sort of offer on it).

It's not entirely worth it, anyway. Homebrew web browsers are not here yet, but an alpha of one has been released, so they are coming.

desi said: It's apparently very slow in accessing and rendering pages, and due to the limitations of the DS, has no Flash support.



yeh but all portable web browsers cant compare to a pc or mac in speed!

kolpol9 said: its only for ds lite



are you sure coz that sounds kinda dumb to me

if any of you have been to miranda fair there selling it at a shop called game (used to be gameswizards)
you have to buy a special one for ds phat cause the standard one wont fit! the standard one is for ds lite!
How much is it.
looks great but how much?
$64.95 at JB
I want it even it is not for regular ds!!!!
you can get a original ds version.
sweet. i will get a phat ds version and i'll pretty much be on this site alot more.
I love this I got it 2 days ago and Its da bomb!
i want it but dad wont let me
WAAAntTtT!!!!!thIS ONe!
the web browser i really want it.

i also want this but i don't know should i get this or a game
It so awsome....

I must have it!
Has anyone noticed that you cant really view the Nintendo site on this thing. i tried the other day its completely rubbish, you cant even add a post on this site. i tried to put a post up saying "I'm posting this using the ds browser and this is the best thing its done for me yet" but it didn't work so its rubbish!
This thing looks tight
I want to get one

slayerxG said: $64.95 at JB


That's how much a CycloDS costs before memory card choice.
I can post much more w/ my PS3 browser so for me the choice is easy.
www.youtube.com/ God, I want a Cyclods.
Actually if that's Australian dollars and I'm sure it is then the CycloDs is cheaper.
It's actually quite good just takes ages to load
Where can I get it? Also, how much is it?

Pretty darn good if you ask me
shouldn't parants be worried cos kids could vist rude sites and the parants wouldn't even know i say it baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
i want this sssoooooo badddddd
i want this so baaaaaaaad even though it is kina slow.....I WANT IT
I LOVE IT IT IS COOL
hey i got a question do you need wi-fi to use it
NO,YOU CAN BUY THEM FOR DS LITE AND DS ORIGINAL.YOU DONT HAVE TO BUY THEM FOR NINTENDO DS I BECAUSE THEY HAVE INTERNET BUILT INTO THEM
niicee!!!!
I sooooooo want this!!  
Iagree with Tarek it could be bad if used inapropriately, but fun when used correctly

Tarek said: shouldn't parants be worried cos kids could vist rude sites and the parants wouldn't even know i say it baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

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